Car-identifying means



@cio 5, 1925. A 15555898 s. K. woon CAR IDENTIFYING MEAN-S Filed July '7' 37925 f 00@ yf/less: l Wu l Patented oci. e, v1925.

STRAUD X. WOODQOF HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

CAR-IDENTIFYIN G MEANS.

Application filed July 7,

To all whom it muy concern Be it known that' I, S'rRAUD K. VOOD, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Hutchinson, Reno County, State of Kansas, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Car-Identifying Means, of which the following is a complete specification.

This invention relates to motor car ownership identifying means, and more especially to a device for permanent display in a con` spicuous place on a motor car, containing the name of the licensing State,4 the date of/the license, the make of the car, the number of the engine, the signature of the ownerand the owners address, it being contemplated that a card containing corresponding mat-ter must be carried bythe owner, who may be called on for its production by the proper county or municipal authorities, if any question as to ownership ofthe car arises, the failure of the driver of the car to produce such card or the failure of his signature to correspond to that on the card, being an occasion for investigation and for arrest unless the matter is satisfactorily explained. lt will be apparent'that through State and national use of means of the character luentioned, the possession of stolen cars will be precarious, the sale of such cars made difficult, the transfer of licenses from one ear to another hazardous, and the tracing of stolen carswillbe facilitated.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel and useful features of construction and organization of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that. it may be readily understood, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary face view of a portion of an automobile wind-shield, and illustrates a device embodying the invention detachably secured thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective viewv of a device embodying the invention.`

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line lll-Hl of Figure 1.

Figure i is an enlarged section on the line Fil-IV of Figure 2.

ln carrying out the invention, it is contemplated that the identifying means may be displayed at any convenient point, but 1t is preferred that it be located on the windshield, aa shown. y

ma. man No. 650,101.

Referring now tothe drawing, where like parts are correspondingly identified in all of the figures, 1 represents a rectangular frame of channel shape and adapted to receive and retain a pair of lass plates 2, one of said plates forming a backing for the frame and the other late, a front window.

One endD of the frame'l, is formed with a longitudinally-extending slot 3, through which an identification card 4' may be readily inserted or removed, said card being provided on its face with indicia indicating the State licensing the car, the engine number of the car, the make of the car and the owners address and signature. Secured to one edge of the frame and projecting'd'ownwardly-is a stiff flange 5, a fiange 6 of corresponding character projecting laterally from one of the side edges of the frame, and both of said flanges are adapted to'be forced into the soft metal in which an. automobile wind-shield glass is -customarily set, although it will be apparent that the frame may be secured to any other part of the car. The flange 5 is split transversely, as illustrated in Figure 2, to produce a plurality of fingers 7 and one or more of said fingers are bent upwardly to close the slot 3 and retain the card in lproper position between the panes of glass 2, as will be readily understood. y

The frame is adapted tobe positioned,

illustrated, in the lower rightjjhand corner of the wind-shield, its ianges' "5\and 6 being forced into the soft metal of the windshield setting, and in order to aid in maintainin ,it in position, and also toprevent vibration from effecting a bodily shifting movement of the frame to the left, a suitable spring clasp 8 is secured to one edge of theframe and is adapted to be hooked over and embrace the side frame member 8s of the windshield. J

To prevent the panes of glass 2 from rattling against each other, the opposite longitudinal side edges ofthe frame are formed at convenient points with a pair of openings 9, the side edges of said o enings being inturned as at 10 to provi e abutments for the opposing faces of the glass panes. The lips 10, thus formed, serve to retain the glass p ates in position and s aced aparte-so that the card 4 may be rea ily inserted vor re-m moved from position.

Itis to be understood that the card 4 after A UNITED vSTATES PATENT OFFICE. i

being placed in the frame and the frame secured on the car, is not removed until the car vchanges owners, or at the end of a license period, when the frame is removed, the ears 7 bent downwardly and the card withdrawn. A new card is now inserted and the ears 7 are again bent upwardly to close the slot against the accidental displacement of the card. A plurality of the ears 7 are provided as the twisting or bending of the ears may lead to their severance from the frame.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a device of the character described which possesses all the Y features of advantage set forth as desirable; and while I have described and claimed the preferred embodiment'ofthe same, I reserve the right to make. all changes properly fall- 'ing within the spirit and scope of the appended claims:

I claim: 1. A card display frame having a slot at one end, a backing member in -said frame, a transparent front member therefor, means a slot at frame, a

4transparent front member therefor, means spacing said back and front members from each other, and a securing flange projecting 'from the end of vsaid frame adjacent said slot, said flange being split transversely to provide ears' adapted to be bent upwardly to `close saidslot.

3. A card display frame having a slot at one end, a backing member in said frame, .a transparent front member therefor, means spacing said back and front members from each other, a securing flange projecting from one end of said frame, and a resilient spring clasp secured to and projecting from one end of the frame.

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STRAUD K. WOOD.

, '45 In witness whereof I hereunto aiix my 

